A boy dies in a cycling accident in Berlin after street lights were turned off at night, as Germany faces an energy crunch following the shutdown of Russian gas supplies. At first glance, the story appears to be a genuine article from the country’s top tabloid, Bild, and it was shared on Facebook. But investigations, including by AFP, found it was disinformation, part of a major campaign in which leading news sites – mainly in Germany but also other European countries – were imitated to spread pro-Moscow messages. In late September, Facebook’s parent company Meta took down what it called...